The response of white southerners to the Brown decision was massive __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: resistance
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A) President Fillmore wanted to force Japan to permit an American naval base to be constructed at Okinawa. B) President Fillmore wanted Japan to permit U.S. naval and commercial ships to use Japanese coaling stations on the route to China, and he wanted to "open up" Japan to U.S. trade for its own sake. C) President Fillmore wanted Japan to sign a military security alliance with the United States in the event of war with China or Britain. D) President Fillmore wanted Japan to agree to stop trading with Britain in competitive areas such as food, whale oil, and cotton products.
What was the central argument of southern opponents of the Tallmadge Amendment to the Missouri Admissions Bill?
A) The Constitution guaranteed slavery in western territories. B) Congress had no authority to place anti-slavery restrictions upon a state. C) Congress should reject any anti-slavery petitions. D) The African slave trade was legal.
Frederick W. Taylor's efforts to improve efficiency through scientific management:
A) benefitted workers as the labor-intensive work was done by machines. B) proved to be more effective than the assembly line system. C) doubled the profits of industrialists. D) made working conditions even more miserable. E) led to large-scale unemployment as machines replaced men.
The Female Labor Reform Association campaigned for __________
A) more jobs for women B) more managerial positions for women C) higher pay for both men and women D) shorter work days for women E) an end to all forms of sexual harassment